Rolling window screen and suspension frame



Jan. 3, 1933..

A. M. RUBIN ROLLING WINDOW SCREEN AND SUSPENSION FRAME Filed Aug. 18, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet "iliiii" INVEN TOR a/vI/u W ATTORNEY Jan. 3, 1933. A. M. RUBIN ROLLING WINDOW SCREEN AND SUSPENSION FRAME Filed Aug. 18, 1932 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 3, 1933 umrsc STATES ABRAHAM M. RUBIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ROLLING WINDOW SCREEN AN D SUSPENSION FRAME Application filed August 18, 1932. Serial No. 629,253.

This invention relates to rolling window screens and to the means of suspending and securing same to a window frame.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a bracket for the suspension of such a screen, the said bracket being provided with means to suitably space the .said screen from the window frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide means at the bottom or free end of the screen for securing same at the same distance from the window frame as it is spaced therefrom at the top.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bracket of this character which will be sufiiciently sturdy to support a window shade and curtain besides the screen.

A still further object is to provide such a bracket which may be adjusted to fit any size window.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described in which the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured. Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts herein fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of a receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,

is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a window and its frame showing my improved bracket and screen as applied thereto.

- Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33, Figure 1. v

Figure 'is a fragmental sectional view similar to Figure 2 but at a larger scale.

Figure 5 isa perspective view of the suspension frame or bracket.

Figure 6 is'a perspective view of the screen bottom rod and its brackets, and 60 Figure 7 is a perspective view of the left end plate of the suspension frame.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 10 indicates the frame or casing of a window set in an aperture of a wall 11. Secured to the wall 11 by means of screws 12 are a pair of end plates 13 and 1 1 each provided with an inwardly extending tongue 15 at the rear, and a similarly extending tongue 16 at the front.

Upon the tongues 15 there is mounted a telescopic or collapsible bar 17 and upon the tongues 16 a similar bar 18. The bending up of'the tongues 15 produces legs 20 upon each of the end plates, the ends 21 of which legs abut the front of the window frame 10.

The end plate 13 has a. pair of shade roller brackets 23 and 24 for sup-porting the flat ends of such rollers, and the plate 14 has a pair of brackets 25 and 26 for supporting the cylindrical ends of the said rollers. In the present construction the brackets 23 and 25 support the ends of a roller 28 to which one end of a screen 29 is suitably secured. The said screen may be made of a stiffened meshed ornetted fabric or any other suitable material which will keep out flies and the like.

The free end of the screen is turned over as at 30 to form a pocket in which there is suitably maintained a collapsible rod 31 which extends beyond the side edges of the screen. Bracket-s 32 and 33 secured to the wall 11 are each provided with a tongue 34 which enters the ends of the hollow collapsible rod to form' means for maintaining the screen against rolling up when the screen is fully drawn down. The sections of the said collapsible rod 31 are each provided with an ear or handle by which they may be collapsed for disengaging the said sections from their respective brackets, the screen being suitably cut out to permit such operation. The brackets 32 and 33 are each provided with legs 36 which space the bar 31 approximately the same distance from the window frame as the legs 21 space the bar 17 from the said frame. The legs 21 and 36 provide suflicient space for the free movement of the screen 29 which passes over the top and to the rear of the bar 17.

The brackets 24: and 26 on the end plates 13 and 14: form means. for suspending a shade roller 40, and the rod 18 forms means for suspending a pair of curtains or other drapery. The brackets 23, 24, 25 and 26 may be integral with the side plates or may be suitably secured to them as shown in Figures 5 and 7 The rods 17 and 18 respectively besides serving as a guide for the screen and support for the curtains or drapery act as tie rods to form a strong frame from which all of the aforesaid elements may be suspended.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an adjustable frame for sup porting curtains or other draperies, a shade roller and a rolling screen, the said screen being provided at the free end thereof with means for securing and maintaining same in place when fully drawn down.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A suspension frame for rolling window screens, comprising side plates, a tongue on each of the plates spaced from the rear end of the said plates, a bar removably supported on the said tongues, and a rolling window screen mounted on the said plates and passing over the top of the said rod.

2. A suspension frame for rolling Window screens, comprising side plates and a bar carried by the said plates and spaced from their rear ends for the purpose specified.

3. A suspension frame for rolling window screens, comprising side plates, a front bar and a rear bar connecting the said plates, the

said rear bar being spaced from the rear ends of the plates.

4. A suspension frame for rolling window screens, comprising side plates, a screen suspension bracket on each of the said plates, a telescopic bar connecting the said plates at the front, and a telescopic bar connecting the plates at the rear, the said rear bar being spaced a slight distance from the rear ends of the said plates.

In combination, a rolling window screen frame, the said frame comprising side plates, a screen suspension bracket on each of the plates, a telescopic bar connecting the said plates at the front, a telescopic bar connecting the said plates at the rear, the said rear bar being spaced a short distance from the rear of the said plates, a rolling window screen mounted in the said brackets and extending downwardly over the top of ABRAHAM M. RUBIN. 

